NFL will not reconsider Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show despite Trump backlash

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Source: theguardian.com
NFL will not reconsider Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show despite Trump backlash
  • Commissioner says backlash is inevitable, defends pick

  • Bad Bunny set to perform in Spanish at Levi’s Stadium

  • Trump previously called choice ‘absolutely ridiculous’

The NFL will not drop Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl half-time headline performer, commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday.

In doing so, Goodell reaffirmed a decision to put the Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage, something that led to criticism from Donald Trump and some of his supporters.

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